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Singapore’s air pollution worsened to the highest in the world as haze from Indonesia wildfires blankets the region days before the city state’s annual Formula One weekend.
Air quality levels in Singapore were in the “very unhealthy” range as of Wednesday afternoon, according to data from IQAir. Nearby Kuala Lumpur, which was earlier in the top spot, ranked as the second-most polluted city globally.
In the Malaysian state of Johor, about 140km (87 miles) northwest of Singapore, some 200 schools, kindergartens and nurseries in the district of Bahu Pahat were ordered to close on Wednesday due to the haze conditions, local media reported.
Dry conditions were forecast for the next few days over most of southern Southeast Asia, keeping the risk of fires and transboundary haze elevated, Singapore’s National Environment Agency said in its latest outlook. Its data also pegs air in all five regions of the city at unhealthy levels.
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